NCT03936075

Guided Imagery & Music in Cancer

Guided Imagery & Music in Active Treatment for Gynecologic or Breast Cancer: An RCT Pilot

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aalborg University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is an RCT pilot study to explore the potential effects of the Guided Imagery \& Music method for women with breast or gynecologic cancer, during active treatment. The study explores the potential impact in quality of life parameters such as mood, fatigue, and hope.

Detailed description

Guided Imagery and Music is a music-assisted psychotherapy method which has been used as a complementary, supportive psychosocial therapy in cancer care. However, its effects have never been explored during the period of active chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment in various cancer populations, and especially gynecologic and breast cancer. This pilot study is an effort to explore the feasibility of the method to increase quality of life in this population by possibly reducing side-effects of treatment such as fatigue, improving mood, and building resilience as expressed through levels of hope.

Conditions

• Cancer, Breast
• Cancer, Metastatic
• Cancer Ovaries
• Cancer Uterus Cervix

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	the Guided Imagery and Music method	the method involves listening to the music while describing the experience to the therapist, any visual imagery that is evoked by the music, emotions, body sensations, thoughts or memories. after the music listening session, there is discussion upon making meaning of the experience and finding resources as potential coping skills
BEHAVIORAL	standard care and verbal counselling	the participants receive their usual cancer treatment and two individual counselling sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-01
• Primary completion: 2020-06-30
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2019-05-03
• Last updated: 2020-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Greece